furnace

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for furnace

furnace 🔊 /fɚˈnʌs/

furnace : ඌෂ්මකය

furnace : උදුන

furnace definition

Noun.

  1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.
  2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
  3. To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace.